Donald Ayer (@DonaldAyer6) is a retired partner in the Washington D.C. office of Jones Day. He has argued 19 times in the U.S. Supreme Court, more than 70 cases in the intermediate appellate courts, and has also been lead counsel in approximately 20 trials, most before juries. He received an A.B., with Great Distinction, from Stanford in 1971, an M.A. in American History from Harvard in 1973, and a J.D. from Harvard in 1975, where he was Articles Editor of the Law Review. He clerked for Judge Malcolm R. Wilkey of the D.C. Circuit, and for Justice William H. Rehnquist. Professor Ayer has served since 2006 as an adjunct professor teaching a course in Supreme Court Litigation at Georgetown Law School. He is presently a member of the Council of the American Law Institute, and Chair of the Publications Committee of the Supreme Court Historical Society. He has served previously as President of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and of the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court. Before ent
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